"You doubted me," she flung at him, arrogantly. "I demand from those who love me, all—or nothing."

She swept from the room, small, proud, forceful; while John threw himself upon a chair and buried his head in his hands.

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XXVII

Dixie

Gray Eagle was trotting briskly along the road over which another hand had guided him so often,—the Oakwood carriage-way. On his back sat Friedrich, erectly vigorous, singing for the trees' benefit,—

"Oh, I wees' I was in Deexie,

Look away, look away!

In Deexie Land I take my stand,

To live and die in Deexie."